Wide Tires

[drudis]

Originally posted by JohnnyG
Will 275s in the front hang outside the body lines on SN95 Spindles... kinda like those ricer low-riders? Would they also cause problems with rubbing without widening the wheelwell like you did?

Also, can one roll the fender lips on their own with hand tools and get an asthetically pleasing effect? If so, how?

If not, what kind of investment are we looking at to roll the lips and widen the wheelwells ($$$)??

Thanks

John

No, thats the beauty of the SN95 spindles (or SN96, but lets not open that can of worms). You CAN have the tires fit nicely inside the wheelwells. Yeah, there is some fender lip rolling, and trimming of the interior splashguard plastic (rubbed on _hard_ g-force track corners).

Get the right wheels to fit. BORROW some, to make sure you get the proper offset and width... Thats why you see brand new ones up for sale on ebay...

To roll the fenders, get a WOODEN baseball bat, and hold it 45-degrees and literally roll the bat between fender and tire. The tire is grippier, so the bat will slide along fender, and just crease the "L" into a "V" (sort'a). p.s. Watch out, and remove the 12:00 screw (unlike the other 90% of us that forgot).